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in your state of texas, your state tax collectors said amazon has had a presence in texas, therefore you should have been collecting for the past couple of years. and your state sued amazon for $290 million. amazon cannot turn around you and said the consumers didn't hit so we don't have to pay it because the tax was due from the retailer. in all cases with penalty and interest. your state use that as a bargaining chip to keep amazon in your distribution center in texas. amazon will begin collecting in texas next year and there goes a lot of what you thought would be uncollected sales tax. doesn't overturn it? in a way, it completely blows away quill. quill always said that congress has the right to do that. we know you have the right to do it, but is it the right thing to do? >> t think the tension is high enough for small businesses? and you hear my underlying premise that it is a strange number because you could be small and go over the limit? >> right. i do not know that i'm qualified to define what that is. one is that 500,000. one is at 1 million. it is worthy of discussion, ob
in your state of texas, your state tax collectors said amazon has had a presence in texas, therefore you should have been collecting for the past couple of years. and your state sued amazon for $290 million. amazon cannot turn around you and said the consumers didn't hit so we don't have to pay it because the tax was due from the retailer. in all cases with penalty and interest. your state use that as a bargaining chip to keep amazon in your distribution center in texas. amazon will begin...
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the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. session: at this time i'd like to yield to the gentlewoman, a nurse, a health care professional prior to her service in the united states congress, the gentlewoman from from north carolina, mrs. ellmers, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. ellmers: thank you. i thank my colleague from texas for acknowledging me. thank you, madam speaker. i'm here today to join my colleagues and call on the immediate repeal of obamacare with its massive tax increases. last month as we know the supreme court verified that obamacare is in fact a tax. one that increased the financial burdens of every american by over $500 billion. and will go down in history as the most significant expansion of the federal government and its power. this law has and continues to be bad policy for all americans and future generations. the supreme court's decision has sent a direct message to congress and policymakers that we have to get back to work to repeal this law and replace it w
the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. session: at this time i'd like to yield to the gentlewoman, a nurse, a health care professional prior to her service in the united states congress, the gentlewoman from from north carolina, mrs. ellmers, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. ellmers: thank you. i thank my colleague from texas for acknowledging me. thank you, madam speaker. i'm here today to join my colleagues and call on the immediate repeal of...
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i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. farenthold. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. farnltehold: thank you, mr. speaker. our job as representatives is two-fold. we lead and we listen. if we think back to the last election that swept a republican majority in the house, a lot of the surveys says that was a result of the public's dissatisfaction with this law. we voted to repeal all parts of it multiple times and will continue to do so. we conducted an online poll, not scientific but showing that 79% of the folkbacks in south texas are opposed to this law. i'm looking forward to voting to repeal it again as i'm sure many of my colleagues are. i do want to take a second to address something the gentleman on the other side of the aisle mentioned, we don't have a c.b.o. score of this i would imagine the cost to the federal government, a good chunk of it, is for gon revenue. it makes no sense that undoing something costs the government in the way of spend, it only costs in the way of foregone revenue l
i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. farenthold. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. farnltehold: thank you, mr. speaker. our job as representatives is two-fold. we lead and we listen. if we think back to the last election that swept a republican majority in the house, a lot of the surveys says that was a result of the public's dissatisfaction with this law. we voted to repeal all parts of it multiple times and will continue to do so. we...
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-- hare street in crosby, texas. men like army first sergeant david mcnerney are the reason our country, mr. speaker, has always had the best military in history. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. connolly: i thank the speaker. again, i'm pleased to join my friend and colleague from texas in honoring this brave man and serving as many tours of duty in vietnam actually was a rare event in that era than the tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. so, that was particularly noteworthy. so i'm pleased to urge my colleagues to join with judge poe and our other colleagues in support of h.r. 3477, in order to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 133 hare road in crosby, texas, as the army first sergeant david mcnerney post office building and i urge its adoption. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlew
-- hare street in crosby, texas. men like army first sergeant david mcnerney are the reason our country, mr. speaker, has always had the best military in history. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. connolly: i thank the speaker. again, i'm pleased to join my friend and colleague from texas in honoring this brave man and serving as many tours of duty in...
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he was -- he completed a master in education at texas southern university. he own as master of divinity from the heist graduate school of theology. a houston graduate in austin presbyterian, the interest was on philosophical implications of ministry as it affected the culture of today. he has done advanced training at texas southern university, and houston graduate school of theology in counseling. he did an internship with the bel air columbia general in their special unit. he served as a lecturer at the central baptist convention, and teaches pastoral ministry. he was a conferee to the transitional church conference, southern baptist convention. and as well he was honored to be president or to be third vice president to the ippedpent general district sunday school and b.t.u. he is a gentleman that uses faith to be of service. he deals with the philosophical implications of peace and justice issued for today's church. how important that is when so many people are hurting. in the backdrop of the tragedy of aurora, it is imperative that our faith leaders are
he was -- he completed a master in education at texas southern university. he own as master of divinity from the heist graduate school of theology. a houston graduate in austin presbyterian, the interest was on philosophical implications of ministry as it affected the culture of today. he has done advanced training at texas southern university, and houston graduate school of theology in counseling. he did an internship with the bel air columbia general in their special unit. he served as a...
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you see, madam speaker, the justice department is also in court today suing texas claiming texas voter i.d. law disenfranchises people. it seems to me the law would only disenfranchise fraudulent voters. never mind the supreme court has already upheld voter i.d. laws. madam speaker, the d.o.j. just ignores the supreme court decision it is doesn't like and continues its war against texas. holder is inconsistent. he believes in securing and photo i.d.'s for people when he speaks, but rejects valid security and i.d.'s for people when they vote. security is important. security prevents unauthorized individuals from entering an auditorium or those that shouldn't enter the auditorium or shouldn't vote. but the d.o.j. doesn't care about being hypocritical. the d.o.j. is once again on the wrong side of justice. that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> last week i visited with seniors who live at willfred manor in island. they as
you see, madam speaker, the justice department is also in court today suing texas claiming texas voter i.d. law disenfranchises people. it seems to me the law would only disenfranchise fraudulent voters. never mind the supreme court has already upheld voter i.d. laws. madam speaker, the d.o.j. just ignores the supreme court decision it is doesn't like and continues its war against texas. holder is inconsistent. he believes in securing and photo i.d.'s for people when he speaks, but rejects...
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bryant, a tea party activist and former -- and also a former naacp chapter president from texas. he causes why he left the democratic party and became a black conservative. this is about 50 minutes. >> matt kibbie is the president and c.e.o. of freedom works. he's been with the organization previously known as citizens for a sound economy for over 15 years. an economist by training, matt kibbie is a well respected national policy expert, best selling author and political commentator. "newsweek" called him one of the masterminds of the tea party politics. his expertise has led to frequent appearances on national news shows including fox news, nbc, abc, cnn, mns, fox business and -- msnbc, fox business. he's co-author of dick army, "give us liberty: a tea party manifesto." please welcome matt here to introduce c.l. bryant. [applause] >> how you guys doing? does anyone here believe in freedom? >> yeah! >> does anyone here think the government's spending too much money it doesn't have? >> yeah. >> ok. here's the test. does anyone think sometimes as frustrating as it is that maybe you
bryant, a tea party activist and former -- and also a former naacp chapter president from texas. he causes why he left the democratic party and became a black conservative. this is about 50 minutes. >> matt kibbie is the president and c.e.o. of freedom works. he's been with the organization previously known as citizens for a sound economy for over 15 years. an economist by training, matt kibbie is a well respected national policy expert, best selling author and political commentator....
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poe of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes in support of his amendment. mr. poe: my amendment cuts $1.3 billion in this bill that is going to afghanistan as stated in the report language of this bill. afghanistan is the benedict arnold in the list of countries that we call allies and have proven to be deceptive and deceitful to the united states and here is some of the evidence. pakistan closed down the southern supply route. it transported 40% of all nature oove supplies into the country and into afghanistan. pakistan still refuses to go after the terrorist sank you takers in the tribal areas. terrorist groups like the pakistani taliban and al qaeda frequently cross over into afghanistan, kill our troops and then run back into pakistan and hide where our troops cannot follow them. on may 23, 2012, pakistan sent the doctor that helped the united states get osama bin laden to 33 years in prison. i thought getting the world's number one terrorist, the terrorist t
poe of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes in support of his amendment. mr. poe: my amendment cuts $1.3 billion in this bill that is going to afghanistan as stated in the report language of this bill. afghanistan is the benedict arnold in the list of countries that we call allies and have proven to be deceptive and deceitful to the united states and here is some of the evidence. pakistan closed down the southern supply route. it transported 40% of all...
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having served in the national guard in texas for almost 14 years, we as a state have -- we in pennsylvania have taken part in every war since the beginning. my father flew in world war ii. he is 90 years old. i have had the opportunity in the last three years to meet many people who actually participated in the day -- d- day, as well as those who have participated in the problems in iraq and afghanistan. the story is the same when they come home, they need help. i am proud to say that pennsylvania over the years has developed over 27 initiatives, from education to states of veterans homes to employment, civil service, benefits and state retirement if you have officers.ervice each county has a veterans affairs director. sometimes it is particularized to the persian gulf conflict of 1990-'91. emergency assistance for food and clothing for the disabled, and it goes on. we actually had a school that is not too far from the area near gettysburg, on the other side of the mountains, that was a school for the orphans and children of veterans. unfortunately, over the last few years prior to me taki
having served in the national guard in texas for almost 14 years, we as a state have -- we in pennsylvania have taken part in every war since the beginning. my father flew in world war ii. he is 90 years old. i have had the opportunity in the last three years to meet many people who actually participated in the day -- d- day, as well as those who have participated in the problems in iraq and afghanistan. the story is the same when they come home, they need help. i am proud to say that...
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the department of justice's has a case against the texas -- the state of texas, that the trial, shock was expressed in counting military ideas -- id. there is no excuse for failing to except the government-issued military i.d., and the public deserves an answer for this today. further partisan bias is clear in the national voters registration act enforcement, aggressively suing states for now -- for not aggressively enough registering voters at welfare offices, but not a single case to fight fraud. when ford tried to comply voluntarily by removing non- citizens from its boulder roles, and the department of justice rushed to course -- rushed to court, and lost. over objections, the department of justice forced dayton, ohio, to lower the passing score on the police recruitment exam to increase diversity even though federal law prohibits altering the results of employment-based tests on the basis of race. it appears the division is breaking the law. further, the civil rights division requires taxpayers to pay for costly bilingual ballots, even though it really exempts motors educated in
the department of justice's has a case against the texas -- the state of texas, that the trial, shock was expressed in counting military ideas -- id. there is no excuse for failing to except the government-issued military i.d., and the public deserves an answer for this today. further partisan bias is clear in the national voters registration act enforcement, aggressively suing states for now -- for not aggressively enough registering voters at welfare offices, but not a single case to fight...
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for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, thousands of dead people and citizens of other countries are reportedly registered to vote in the battleground state of florida. texas, however, has passed a law that would require citizens to display a photo i.d. when they vote, but the justice department isn't interested in fixing voter integrity. even though the supreme court has said voter i.d. laws are constitutional. the d.o.j. ignoring the supreme court decision it doesn't like, sued texas anyway, claiming the law discriminates. the d.o.j. with its battery of high-dollar lawyers has apparently yet to find any evidence to back their claim. it brought in a hired gun to find support for its allegations, a biased liberal group called catalyst. so much for the d.o.j. being objective. instead of attacking texas for constitutionally enforcing the law
for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, thousands of dead people and citizens of other countries are reportedly registered to vote in the battleground state of florida. texas, however, has passed a law that would require citizens to display a photo i.d. when they vote, but the justice...
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jackson lee of texas for today, and mr. rush of illinois for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the chair will entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kaptur: madam speaker, i rise today to draw attention to how campaign superpacs are contributing unlimited campaign spending which shifts enormous political power to the superwealthy, ruled by those who truly threaten our republic and harm representative republic. look at this cartoon. shows how the superpacs really have a stranglehold on the politics of this country. with the citizens united ruling by the supreme court, they threw away decades of legal precedence governing campaign contributions and the result has been a growing stranglehold by the money barons in our political process. the american people know it and they know wher' not doing anything about it. at a minimum we should demand greater transparency of who actually is
jackson lee of texas for today, and mr. rush of illinois for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the chair will entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kaptur: madam speaker, i rise today to draw attention to how campaign superpacs are contributing unlimited campaign spending which shifts enormous political power to...
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there's a new small business in my district in southeast texas. cool blast lemmon aid stand, run by the southern sisters of texas. clara is seven, eliza is four. their newees employee is little brother irick who recently was hired to join the team. they even have their own facebook page with 867 followers. on their facebook page they say this about their business, we are entrepreneurs who started a lemonade stand for lemonade day. we are going to continue to work to earn money to spend it on things we would like. they also share with our two chosen charities, meals on wheels, and paws for texas rescue. mr. speaker, they learned all of these lessons without any interference from the federal government. . their father andrew said this. they did it all only their own. nobody helped them except us. my wife and i both run our own businesses so running a lemonade stand was showing them what they could do. they were curious how we got money for things. mr. speaker, the girls stood out in 100-degree texas humid heat serving customers instead of being like
there's a new small business in my district in southeast texas. cool blast lemmon aid stand, run by the southern sisters of texas. clara is seven, eliza is four. their newees employee is little brother irick who recently was hired to join the team. they even have their own facebook page with 867 followers. on their facebook page they say this about their business, we are entrepreneurs who started a lemonade stand for lemonade day. we are going to continue to work to earn money to spend it on...
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host: texas, on our independent line, good morning. caller: how were you doing? the bush administration, they were going to create jobs by letting companies cut power. threeband's pay cut was hours which we came to 100 $40 per week which at the end of the year, we're making $6,700 less per year and that was supposed to create jobs her which it didn't. what do you think about the misleading information the american people get for our news media? people here get mad over raising taxes on the rich people here. they're not thinking about the middle-class people. guest: thank you for your call. i am only guest of this country. i have lived here a couple of years and i don't feel i should be the one to give you a piece of advice on what should be done in the u.s. ijust don't know but what think is important and what is part of the strength of the german economy is that we have a very, very good educational system. universities are for free, the schools are very good. we will never be as cheap as the people in china or india. we cannot produce that cheaply because their
host: texas, on our independent line, good morning. caller: how were you doing? the bush administration, they were going to create jobs by letting companies cut power. threeband's pay cut was hours which we came to 100 $40 per week which at the end of the year, we're making $6,700 less per year and that was supposed to create jobs her which it didn't. what do you think about the misleading information the american people get for our news media? people here get mad over raising taxes on the rich...
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is a runoff in texas. today it is david dewhurst facing ted cruz, who is supported by the tea party. that runoff election today in texas. >> the hearing will come to order. good morning. we apologize for beginning a few minutes late. there are more meetings going on then there are hours and available moments to get to them. we are delighted to welcome everybody here to consider the nominations of those who are selected to serve in the very important post of afghanistan and pakistan. ambassador james cunningham and richard olson are experienced and talented diplomats. i am convinced that they bring the combination of intelligence and experience, diligence necessary for both of these critical assignments. -- pick hearing comes the newspapers and afghanistan and pakistan are swirling around. the assigning of the strategic partnership agreement marked the beginning of the end a new face of u.s. engagements in afghanistan. the world is not going to simply walk away or abandon its investment in a stable afghanis
is a runoff in texas. today it is david dewhurst facing ted cruz, who is supported by the tea party. that runoff election today in texas. >> the hearing will come to order. good morning. we apologize for beginning a few minutes late. there are more meetings going on then there are hours and available moments to get to them. we are delighted to welcome everybody here to consider the nominations of those who are selected to serve in the very important post of afghanistan and pakistan....
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host: franklin, texas, richard on our independent line. caller: my comments will be brief. our system of health care in america is so great, then why do we spend twice as much as any other country? there's over 27 developed countries that have affordable health care. a few of them have just got involved claim that they used the american health care plan to figure out what not to do. we do have an answer, but it is the holy grail. we cannot approach this in this way because you would not get elected. it is called a military industrial complex. you were in the cbo and you know what it really costs for our military. we cover our defense budget, we of the department of veterans administration, we have the energy department. most people don't realize the energy department has the responsibility for all of our nuclear weapons. we have the state department. then we have the department of homeland security. it is over $1 trillion, yet we fail to mention that we could easily cut that. we spend more now on our military. we have 747 bays says or rather military sites around the world.
host: franklin, texas, richard on our independent line. caller: my comments will be brief. our system of health care in america is so great, then why do we spend twice as much as any other country? there's over 27 developed countries that have affordable health care. a few of them have just got involved claim that they used the american health care plan to figure out what not to do. we do have an answer, but it is the holy grail. we cannot approach this in this way because you would not get...
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. -- in lawrenceby, texas as well. he has co-authored many books. and articles. would you please welcome randy barnett? [applause] >> thank you, roger. it is always a pleasure to be at cato. i think i have been here on happier occasion. i have been involved in this case, challenging the affordable care act, since before the law was enacted in 2009. i first wrote a legal memorandum on the constitutionality of the individual mandate with two others. the only person who has been involved longer than i have in fog -- in fighting the constitutionality of the idea of an individual mandate is kenneth rivkin. his wall street journal piece in 2009 was the first and then got me reading and thinking about the constitutionality of this case. as you all know, it did not go the way we hoped it would. this was a crushing blow to liberty and it was a crushing blow to myself. i was pretty devastated by the loss. i am still pretty devastated by the loss. i'm going to say some positive things that came out of this case and i do not want to be characterized as some of spending the o
. -- in lawrenceby, texas as well. he has co-authored many books. and articles. would you please welcome randy barnett? [applause] >> thank you, roger. it is always a pleasure to be at cato. i think i have been here on happier occasion. i have been involved in this case, challenging the affordable care act, since before the law was enacted in 2009. i first wrote a legal memorandum on the constitutionality of the individual mandate with two others. the only person who has been involved...
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chaffetz: i yield four minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. gohmert: with due deference to my friend from new york and my friend from utah, and i do mean that literally, i rise in opposition to this bill. what we've seen over the last year and a half is a presidency that had the most disdain for congress and the confirmation process of any president i'm aware of and i'm quite familiar with our history of the united states. not only as this president -- has this president made recess appointment when there was no recess, not only has this president appointed czars that were beyond the reach of congress, although we could have made it within our reach, we could have just cut off every dime for anything that did not come before congressional approval, but with this latest tactic of having a recess appointment when there wasn't a recess, all the talk across the country about the appointing of czars with no accountability to the senate, i realy did expect some of my conservative friends in t
chaffetz: i yield four minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. gohmert: with due deference to my friend from new york and my friend from utah, and i do mean that literally, i rise in opposition to this bill. what we've seen over the last year and a half is a presidency that had the most disdain for congress and the confirmation process of any president i'm aware of and i'm quite familiar with our history of the united states....
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he did not have% so in texas there is a runoff. now they expect 350,000 people. those 350,000 people are part of what you referred to as, stand on principle. that is why a lot of people thing cruz is the favored right now. what you get as sort of the primaries become more decided by just the narrow swath of the 350,000 texans who are going to vote tuesday, is i think you get a more hardened, more principled group of people on the right and on the left. it makes of that sort of bridging the divide a heck of a lot more difficult than it would be if you had more participation from all corners, especially if centrists and independent voters. host: let's get another caller. democratic caller right here from washington. caller: the point i and trying to make is the democrats do not know how to explain these tax cuts. the tax cut is for $250,000 of your income. of the to 50 -- $250,000 of income. if you make about that, you still get the tax cut. it is supposed to be for everybody. the 10 to say it is not for everybody, for people under $250,000. somebody just doesn't k
he did not have% so in texas there is a runoff. now they expect 350,000 people. those 350,000 people are part of what you referred to as, stand on principle. that is why a lot of people thing cruz is the favored right now. what you get as sort of the primaries become more decided by just the narrow swath of the 350,000 texans who are going to vote tuesday, is i think you get a more hardened, more principled group of people on the right and on the left. it makes of that sort of bridging the...
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jackson lee of texas for july 16 through july 20, and mrs. sewell of alabama for july 17 and july 18. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request are granted. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until noon on monday, next, for important hour debate. than the present's request. live coverage of the u.s. house members return next week, here on c-span. >> it was about those men and women who are almost mortally injured in war who, because of the huge advances that have been made in medical trauma treatment in the last 10 years, they are being saved, an incredible number of them. almost everybody who falls on the battlefield is being saved. i wanted to write about what life was like for these people. i really started out with the question, having seen some people who were prett
jackson lee of texas for july 16 through july 20, and mrs. sewell of alabama for july 17 and july 18. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request are granted. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until noon on monday,...
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you are aware of the drought going on here, north dakota, down to texas, the second year for kansas. we pretty much burned up, and cattle and poultry are effected dramatically. i would expect that the consumer applications, while not immediate, over the next year could be considerable. i said could be. we do not have all of the usda figures. the chairwoman and i are very concerned about. he did not know what is when you have been in regards to your cost of -- you do not know what is going to happen in regards to your cost of production could >> cost of feed is one of our biggest cost, and that is a concern going forward, but we live in a very competitive marketplace, and the 5% that we are talking about, over 18 years, is a fairly low number compared to the amount of money, or the prices that have gone up and down over the past couple of weeks. these short-term fluctuations are one thing. the long-term trend has been toward better technology, efficiency, and more room for the hands. it is how long the equipment less, 18,-20 years, the we are aware of the longer term trends, and quite
you are aware of the drought going on here, north dakota, down to texas, the second year for kansas. we pretty much burned up, and cattle and poultry are effected dramatically. i would expect that the consumer applications, while not immediate, over the next year could be considerable. i said could be. we do not have all of the usda figures. the chairwoman and i are very concerned about. he did not know what is when you have been in regards to your cost of -- you do not know what is going to...